Filing-folder.



, Y 1 `PATENTEDMAR- 1s, 1906.

G. 'R. EVANS. FILING FOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 10, 1905.`

material, suchl as heavy pa er or bristol- UNITED sTATEs CLARENCERICHARD EVANS,`

PATENT oEEICE.

CE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

FILING-FOLDER.

lTo (r1/,ZZI whom it may concern: y y n Beit known that I, CLARENCERICHARD g EVANS, a citizen of the-United States, residing at Baltimore,in the State of Maryland,

' 5 have invented new and useful Improvements in Filing-Folders, ofwhichv the'follow-- ing isaspeciication. y

, This invention relates to folders for iiling papers, and has especialreference to that class of filing-folders which are madeof light board,vand are com osed of a s hin ed together and provide at their sides withdeviceswhich limit the extent to which the ,foldermay be opened and atthe same time permit the flaps to-be readily closed.

The object of the inventlon is to `provide an improved filing-folder ofthis character which will permit of providing am le Capacity forcontainin the papers to be led therein and-which wi l be simpleand'economical in construction. l

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

folder constructedin accordance with my 1nvention. Fig. 2 is a detailview of the folder when openedto its fullest extent.

1 indlcates the filin -folder, made of pasteboard or other suitab elight and economical material, preferablyformed in one piece and havingthe fla s 2 and 3 and the hinge 4.

The hln e 4 is ormed b means of-a lait 5 ofsuch wi th as when un oldedflat wi l form a bottom 6 for thefolder.proportionally equal A 35.

` I tainin devices orhinge 8 on either side of in width to the lower end7`of` the foldingrethe fo der. The flaps 2 and 3 are connected at theirsides by hinges 8, consistin of thinmaterial-such as paper, linen, or oter suitable materialfsec'ured to the flaps 2 and-3 in any suitablemanner, either by pastin or otherwise, and are formed to fo d 1Specification of Letters' Patent. Application filed Nov-einher 10l 1905.Serial No. 286,748.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a filing-- nwar ,as

'.liatented March 13., 1906.

hinges 8 the-,folder may be o ened to the extent shown in Fig. 1 or to tatshown In l Fig.V 2. v

nstead of a single plait 5 the hinge'4 may consist of severalplaits, theside hinges 8 be ing proportional'in width to the width of the several.laits when unfolded. f Ther older herein described is especially adaptedfor use in'banks and otherbusiness laces and when completely filled isremoved om such filing-cases and stored as' a permanent file.l v

' As shown, the to of the flap 2 is lower than the top of the ap 3.. Bymeans of this construction when a number of these vertical folders arelocated in a vertical filing-case the Aindex or other entry on the topsof the outside of the fla 3 ofan adjacent folder may be easily read w enthe-flap 3 is drawn back.

Having described my invention, I'clai1n-- As a new article ofmanufacture,l a filing,- folder, consisting 4of flaps having a plaitcdhinge, constituting 'an extensible bottom for the folder, and foldinghinges connectingthe s idesof the flaps, and having their `lower endlocated above the plait of the hlnge, and tapering from top to bottom inproportlon yto the wldth of the laited hinge when extended, as hereinset rth.

CLARENCE RICHARD EVANS. 4 In presence u J. A'LEx. HILLEARY, Jr.,

R. R. RoBER'rs.

